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14,16

महाभारतः       mahābhārataḥ - book-14, chapter-16, verse-5

विदितं ते महाबाहो संग्रामे समुपस्थिते ।
माहात्म्यं देवकीमातस्तच्च ते रूपमैश्वरम् ॥५॥
5. viditaṁ te mahābāho saṁgrāme samupasthite ,
māhātmyaṁ devakīmātastacca te rūpamaiśvaram.
5. viditam te mahābāho saṅgrāme samupasthite
mahātmyam devakīmātaḥ tat ca te rūpam aiśvaram
5. mahābāho devakīmātaḥ te mahātmyam te aiśvaram
rūpam ca saṅgrāme samupasthite viditam
5. O mighty-armed one, your greatness and that divine form of yours were known to you when the battle was at hand, O mother of Devaki.

Words meanings summery:

(Scroll down for elaborated words morphology)

  • विदितम् (viditam) - was known (known, understood, perceived)
  • ते (te) - to you, your
  • महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed one (O mighty-armed one, O strong-armed one)
  • सङ्ग्रामे (saṅgrāme) - in the battle (in battle, in war)
  • समुपस्थिते (samupasthite) - when (it) was at hand (when present, when approached, when imminent, when at hand)
  • महात्म्यम् (mahātmyam) - your greatness (greatness, glory, magnificence, majesty)
  • देवकीमातः (devakīmātaḥ) - O mother of Devaki
  • तत् (tat) - that (that, it)
  • (ca) - and (and, also)
  • ते (te) - your (to you, your)
  • रूपम् (rūpam) - form (form, appearance, nature)
  • ऐश्वरम् (aiśvaram) - divine (divine, lordly, relating to Īśvara (the Lord))

Words meanings and morphology

विदितम् (viditam) - was known (known, understood, perceived)
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of vidita
vidita - known, understood, perceived
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root vid (to know) with suffix -ta
Root: vid (class 2)
Note: Agrees with mahātmyam and rūpam implied
ते (te) - to you, your
(pronoun)
singular of yuṣmad
yuṣmad - you
Note: Also functions as a genitive here: 'your greatness', 'your divine form'
महाबाहो (mahābāho) - O mighty-armed one (O mighty-armed one, O strong-armed one)
(adjective)
Vocative, masculine, singular of mahābāhu
mahābāhu - one with mighty arms, mighty-armed
Compound type : bahuvrīhi (mahā+bāhu)
  • mahā – great, large, mighty
    adjective
  • bāhu – arm
    noun (masculine)
Note: Addressing Kṛṣṇa
सङ्ग्रामे (saṅgrāme) - in the battle (in battle, in war)
(noun)
Locative, masculine, singular of saṅgrāma
saṅgrāma - battle, war, combat
Derived from sam-grāma, 'gathering of villages' or 'group'
Prefix: sam
Root: gram
Note: Refers to the Kurukṣetra War
समुपस्थिते (samupasthite) - when (it) was at hand (when present, when approached, when imminent, when at hand)
(adjective)
Locative, masculine, singular of samupasthita
samupasthita - present, near, imminent, arrived, occurred
Past Passive Participle
Derived from root sthā (to stand) with upasargas sam-upa- and suffix -ta
Prefixes: sam+upa
Root: sthā (class 1)
Note: Locative absolute construction with saṅgrāme
महात्म्यम् (mahātmyam) - your greatness (greatness, glory, magnificence, majesty)
(noun)
neuter, singular of māhātmya
māhātmya - greatness, glory, majesty
Derived from mahātman (great soul) with suffix -ya (abstract noun)
Note: Here, nominative, subject of 'viditam'
देवकीमातः (devakīmātaḥ) - O mother of Devaki
(noun)
Vocative, feminine, singular of devakīmātṛ
devakīmātṛ - mother of Devaki
Compound of Devakī and mātṛ (mother)
Compound type : tatpuruṣa (devakī+mātṛ)
  • devakī – Devaki (Kṛṣṇa's mother)
    proper noun (feminine)
  • mātṛ – mother
    noun (feminine)
Note: Addressed to an entity who is the mother of Devaki, which is contextually incongruous with Arjuna addressing Kṛṣṇa.
तत् (tat) - that (that, it)
(pronoun)
neuter, singular of tad
tad - that, it, he, she
Note: Refers to rūpam
(ca) - and (and, also)
(indeclinable)
ते (te) - your (to you, your)
(pronoun)
Genitive, singular of yuṣmad
yuṣmad - you
Note: Possessive pronoun referring to Kṛṣṇa
रूपम् (rūpam) - form (form, appearance, nature)
(noun)
neuter, singular of rūpa
rūpa - form, shape, appearance, nature
Note: Here, nominative, subject of 'viditam'
ऐश्वरम् (aiśvaram) - divine (divine, lordly, relating to Īśvara (the Lord))
(adjective)
neuter, singular of aiśvara
aiśvara - divine, lordly, belonging to Īśvara
Derived from Īśvara with aṇ suffix
Note: Agrees with rūpam